Setting up your blogs for the new school year
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View ArticleEmbedding a Document in Your Blog
Uploading a document to a blog is always pretty unsatisfactory as all you get is a simple download text link. Much nicer to embed the document in a window which allows you to scroll up and down the...
View ArticleEditing and embedding Google Maps
I love editing and playing around with maps. The map shown below was created using Google Maps. In order to create your own map with Google Maps you need to have a Google account. I have made a brief...
View ArticleAdding a picture while logged in as a contributor
The contributor role is one that most children are assigned by their teachers when using WordPress. The reason is simple, it’s secure. We’ve made it more secure by writing a special plugin along with...
View ArticlePosting a YouTube video to a WordPress blog
At the request of new Creative Bloggers, Athersley South primary school I trawled through the archive of my blogposts to find the instructions on embedding YouTube videos. I found the post and realised...
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Creating a set of logins for your class in WordPress
This is a long overdue post on how to create a set of class logins for your WordPress blog. At Creative Blogs we use the “Add New Users” plugin which allows you to create a set of 15 users at once...
View ArticleHow to add a Revolver Maps Widget to your Blog
Having a social widget which tells children how many people are reading their blog is one of the most important features of any class blog. This short video shows you how to do add one of the most...
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Displaying a badge on a blog
A few weeks ago I wrote about the Open Badge project set up by the Mozilla Foundation. It’s a project that I think has enormous potential in education but it’s very much in the developmental stage. Put...
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Making Sure Parents Get The Message
You may have set up a successful class blog. You might be using Quadblogging and Twitter to share your work with other schools and teachers, but you are finding parents, guardians and family less...
View ArticleA set of posts to help start the new school year on the right foot
Here are a number of blogposts that I have written that may provide some useful help in getting your blogs off and running efficiently this September. Admin Tasks Here is a full end of year tasks...
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